A photo I took at PLAYA Summer Lake during the two weeks I started writing this book in 2019.

The high desert of Oregon also feels like home. My dad grew up in Lakeview, just north of the Nevada border in Southern Oregon. Lakeview was once home to uranium mining and extraction, which I write about in Group Living and Other Recipes. I also started this book at a residency called PLAYA Summer Lake on the road leading towards Lakeview. I’m so glad to be reading in Sisters, in a motion towards his home, and sharing this book on the east of the Cascades.